diff --git a/advice.h b/advice.h
index 07e0f76833e780..3e1b48bf68deb1 100644
--- a/advice.h
+++ b/advice.h
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #ifndef ADVICE_H
 #define ADVICE_H
 
-#include "git-compat-util.h"
-
 struct string_list;
 
 /*
diff --git a/cbtree.h b/cbtree.h
index 0be14fb7ee4276..43193abdda23ce 100644
--- a/cbtree.h
+++ b/cbtree.h
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
 #ifndef CBTREE_H
 #define CBTREE_H
 
-#include "git-compat-util.h"
-
 struct cb_node;
 struct cb_node {
 	struct cb_node *child[2];
diff --git a/chunk-format.h b/chunk-format.h
index 7885aa084878dd..025c38f938ed38 100644
--- a/chunk-format.h
+++ b/chunk-format.h
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #ifndef CHUNK_FORMAT_H
 #define CHUNK_FORMAT_H
 
-#include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "hash.h"
 
 struct hashfile;
diff --git a/commit-graph.h b/commit-graph.h
index 37faee6b66d59c..bb88bec7aa3d8f 100644
--- a/commit-graph.h
+++ b/commit-graph.h
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #ifndef COMMIT_GRAPH_H
 #define COMMIT_GRAPH_H
 
-#include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "object-store.h"
 #include "oidset.h"
 
diff --git a/commit-slab-impl.h b/commit-slab-impl.h
index 557738df271c7d..4a414ee905d5de 100644
--- a/commit-slab-impl.h
+++ b/commit-slab-impl.h
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #ifndef COMMIT_SLAB_IMPL_H
 #define COMMIT_SLAB_IMPL_H
 
-#include "git-compat-util.h"
-
 #define implement_static_commit_slab(slabname, elemtype) \
 	implement_commit_slab(slabname, elemtype, MAYBE_UNUSED static)
 
diff --git a/hash.h b/hash.h
index 36b64165fc9637..351afc2ce3b597 100644
--- a/hash.h
+++ b/hash.h
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #ifndef HASH_H
 #define HASH_H
 
-#include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "repository.h"
 
 #if defined(SHA1_APPLE)
diff --git a/pack-mtimes.h b/pack-mtimes.h
index cc957b3e852716..107327cec0bc52 100644
--- a/pack-mtimes.h
+++ b/pack-mtimes.h
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #ifndef PACK_MTIMES_H
 #define PACK_MTIMES_H
 
-#include "git-compat-util.h"
-
 #define MTIMES_SIGNATURE 0x4d544d45 /* "MTME" */
 #define MTIMES_VERSION 1
 
diff --git a/pkt-line.h b/pkt-line.h
index 79c538b99e4776..8e9846f3151eec 100644
--- a/pkt-line.h
+++ b/pkt-line.h
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #ifndef PKTLINE_H
 #define PKTLINE_H
 
-#include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "strbuf.h"
 #include "sideband.h"
 
diff --git a/repository.h b/repository.h
index e8c67ffe165424..15a8afc5fb5b31 100644
--- a/repository.h
+++ b/repository.h
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #ifndef REPOSITORY_H
 #define REPOSITORY_H
 
-#include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "path.h"
 
 struct config_set;
diff --git a/sub-process.h b/sub-process.h
index e85f21fa1a7c2b..6a61638a8ace0b 100644
--- a/sub-process.h
+++ b/sub-process.h
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #ifndef SUBPROCESS_H
 #define SUBPROCESS_H
 
-#include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "hashmap.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
 
diff --git a/trace.h b/trace.h
index 4e771f86ac289a..1a75824b15e611 100644
--- a/trace.h
+++ b/trace.h
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #ifndef TRACE_H
 #define TRACE_H
 
-#include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "strbuf.h"
 
 /**